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Heart throbs, femmes fatales, monsters and child prodigies. In the golden age of Hollywood it was the studios that built the stars' careers. The Star System oversaw the creation of a star's public image, changing names, hairstyles, faces and even inventing backgrounds for some of those lucky enough to be selected for a shot at stardom. In return, actors were required to portray the kind of glamorous yet wholesome lifestyles which ordinary people could only dream about. But just as the System was able to make stars, it was also capable of destroying them. If an actor became 'difficult' or caused the studio major public embarrassment, his star in the sky went out.
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Joan Crawford, Letty Lynton (MGM, 1932. Photo: George Hurrell) |
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Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, Gone With the Wind (MGM/Selznick, 1939) |
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42nd Street (Warner Bros. 1933) |
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The Marx Brothers (MGM, 1935. Photo: C.S. Bull) |
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Gary Cooper (1934. Photo: C.S. Bull) |
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Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Roberta (RKO, 1935) |
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Edward G. Robinson, Little Caesar (Warner Bros. 1931) |
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Bela Lugosi, Dracula (Universal, 1931) |
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Johnny Weissmuller, Tarzan The Ape Man (MGM, 1932) |
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